From Thursday's AFC West showdownto Kyler Murray and Daniel Jones' first meetingSunday, this week's NFL slateserves up plenty of interestingmatchups.
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THURSDAY (All Times Eastern)
Chiefs(4-2) at Broncos (2-4), 8:20 p.m. (NFL)
After starting the season 4-0, Kansas City has lost two straight games, including a 31-24 lo s against Houston in Week 6. The Chiefs rushed the ball a season-low 11 times in that lo s to Houston; in Kansas Citys two lo ses in 2019, the team has averaged 44.5 rushing yards on 12.5 carries per game, while in its four wins, Kansas City has averaged 101.8 rushing yards on 24.5 carries per game.
In addition to recording three interceptions, Denvers defense logged a season-high seven sacks in its Week 6 win over Tenne see. It was the first time that the Broncos recorded at least seven sacks and three interceptions in a single game since Week 3 in
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In five career road starts within the AFC West, Patrick Mahomes is 5-0 with 13 touchdown pa ses to one interception. Hampered by a left ankle injury, Mahomes has completed le s than 60 percent of his pa s attempts in three consecutive games for the first time in his career. Mahomes is 2-5 in his career in primetime games in the regular season,
Miami Dolphins Home Office including lo ses in each of his last four such games. His first career start in a primetime game was a 27-23 win at Denver in Week 4 in 2018 on Monday night.
SUNDAY
Raiders (3-2) at Packers(5-1), 1p.m. (NFL CBS)
Josh Jacobs rushed for 123 yards and a pair of touchdowns in Oaklands victory in London. It was the first time since 2011 (Darren McFadden) that an Oakland player rushed for 120-plus yards and two touchdowns in a game. Jacobs has four rushing touchdowns in 2019, matching Doug Martins team-leading total from the 18 season.
The Packers have gotten consecutive big games from their running backs. Aaron Jones had 182 scrimmage yards and four rushing touchdowns at Dallas two weeks ago, and Jamaal Williams totaled 136 yards and a TD reception on Monday night. Wide receiver Allen Lazard had four receptions for 65 yards and a TD against the Lions all of them coming in the final
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Among quarterbacks in NFL history with at least 100 career TD pa ses, Aaron Rodgers has the highest touchdown/interception ratio at 4.22 (346 TD pa ses, 82 interceptions). Fourth on the list is Derek Carr at 2.25 (128 and 57). Carr is 14-27 (.341) on the road in his career, while Rodgers is 64-17-1 (.787) at home.
Rams (3-3) at Falcons(1-5), 1 p.m. (Fox)
After totalling a combined 912 pa sing yards in Weeks 4 and 5, Jared Goff threw for a career-low 78 yards in the Rams 20-7 lo s against the 49ers. The Rams had 48 net pa sing yards in that game, the fewest by the team since recording 22 against the 49ers in Week 17 of the 2010 season.
At 1-5, the Falcons are off to their worst six-game start to a season since also beginning the 2007 season with a 1-5 record. Atlanta has allowed 1034 total yards in its last two games, the most surrendered by any team in a two-game span this season.
Atlanta is the only team in the NFL this season with four different players with at least 300 receiving yards: Austin Hooper (480), Julio Jones (467), Calvin
Terron Armstead Jerseys Ridley (343) and Mohamed Sanu (310).
49ers (5-1) at Redskins (1-5), 1 p.m. (Fox)
San Francisco is 5-0 for the first time since it won its first 10 games in 1990 and has already eclipsed its four-win total from last season. Another victory would make the 49ers the fifth team since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger to start 6-0 after winning four or fewer games the previous season (2013 Chiefs, 1999 Rams, 1988 Bengals, 1973 Cardinals).
San Francisco has outscored opponents 86-31 in the second half, the second-largest point differential in the NFL this season (Patriots, +67). The 49ers are the first team to score a touchdown on its opening drive of the third quarter in five straight games since the Colts did so from Oct. 23-Dec. 4, 2005.
After ranking 31st in the NFL in rushing yards per game (49.8) in four September games, the Redskins have rushed for 145 yards in back-to-back contests to begin October. Theyre the first team since the 1957 Lions to average over 140 rushing yards per game in October after averaging under 50 prior to the month.
Texans (4-2) at Colts (3-2), 1 p.m. (CBS)
The last 10 regular-season meetings between the Colts and Texans have all been decided by a single-digit margin. Thats tied for the third-longest streak in NFL history between two divisional opponents, behind only the Colts and Patriots (11 straight from 1988-93) and the Eagles and Redskins (11 straight from 1991-96).
All five of the Colts games this year have been decided by seven points or fewer, their longest such streak to start a season since 1995 (six straight).
Deshaun Watson has accounted for at least one touchdown in all 29 career games thus far, the longest streak in NFL history by a player to start his career.
Vikings (4-2) at Lions(2-2-1), 1 p.m. (Fox)
All five of Detroits games this season have been decided by four points or fewer. Only one team all-time has begun its season with six straight games decided by four points or fewer: 1935 Chicago Cardinals (6). The Lions played in just four games decided
Zach Thomas Jerseys by four points or fewer in the entire 2018 season.
When facing the blitz this season, Matthew Stafford is 39-for-54 (72.2 percent) with 530 pa sing yards, four pa sing TDs and zero interceptions. Minnesotas defense has limited opposing QBs to a 60.9 completion percentage and one touchdown pa s when blitzing this season.
Stefon Diggs recorded 167 receiving yards and three touchdown receptions last week, becoming the first
John Jenkins Jerseys Viking with 150+ receiving yards and three receiving TDs in a single game since Randy Mo s did so in Week 4 in 2003 (172 rec yds and 3 rec TD).
Jaguars (2-4) at Bengals (0-6), 1 p.m. (CBS)
The Bengals are 0-6 for the ninth time in franchise history. Cincinnati has lost four of its six games by six points or fewer. The Bengals have allowed at least 16 points in 34 straight games, the second-longest such streak in the history of the NFL (Saints allowed 16+ in 36 straight games between 2014 and 2017).
The Jaguars average 5.1 yards per rush, third best in the NFL; the Bengals allowed 5.3 yards per rush, worst in the NFL. The Jaguars are second-worst in the NFL in yards per rush allowed giving up 5.2 per tote.
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From Thursday's AFC West showdownto Kyler Murray and Daniel Jones' first meetingSunday, this week's NFL slateserves up plenty of interestingmatchups.
